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October 1, 2016

Open Thread: Marshall-Pitt

Filed under: Football,Open Thread — Chas @ 2:31 pm

7:30 PM. Root Sports and assorted other RSNs.

Greetings from my couch.

Wife has bronchitis and the kids have been a special kind of crazy. So with her laid up, I have to be here to keep the peace. Does it serve me well later in the season when I will go to a game on her birthday and one of the kids is having a sleepover? Maybe, but that’s not important right now. What’s important is me being a good husband and father today — at least until the game starts.

This game has intrigue insofar as what Pitt’s much-maligned secondary can do. They have been torched, nuked, destroyed, exposed… whatever adjective you wish to use. Those were against three legitimate major conference teams, so what happens tonight?

I don’t know. You have a rather well-coached mid-major team with a QB that arguably could be playing in a major conference.

Litton threw for 2,605 yards as a freshman last season while leading Marshall to a 10-3 record.

Narduzzi stopped short of comparing the 6-foot-6, 211-pound Litton to another quarterback area fans know well. But he’s nonetheless impressed.

“I don’t want to say he’s (Ben) Roethlisberger,” Narduzzi said, “but he’s a tall guy who surprisingly eludes defenders.”

Litton wasn’t a high-profile recruit due to an injury during his junior year of high school in Tampa, Fla., but he had an offer from LSU.

“If he wasn’t injured as a junior,” Narduzzi said, “he might be playing at Alabama. I think he has a future. He has a lot of moxie.”

Perhaps a bit of hyperbole from Narduzzi, but until Pitt can stop the pass against a FBS team I can’t judge.

The Thundering Herd is nearly as bad as Pitt at defending the pass, so this could be a chance to see Pitt open up the offense a bit more. Not that Pitt will stop running the ball but it will be a chance to run a more balanced offense for at least a week.

Still, all eyes will be on the pass defense.





Looks like we will make every game go down to the wire.

Comment by gc 10.01.16 @ 9:51 pm

Announcer calling him “Justus” Weah.

Did you all see how open Orndorff was down the middle.

We will take it.

Comment by TVax1 10.01.16 @ 9:58 pm

Turtle soup anyone?

Comment by gc 10.01.16 @ 9:59 pm

The one positive thing about the second half collapse, is it gave Peterman the opportunity to win one late with his arm. Hopefully creating confidence movinvg forward.

Comment by gc 10.01.16 @ 10:36 pm

Next up. Ga.Tech. Should only need to defend 10 passes. Thank goodness.

Comment by DC33 10.01.16 @ 11:03 pm

lol gc.

Got to give credit to O’Canada for not ‘turtling’ on that call.

Mashall’s pass defense was almost as weak as ours, so thank God he recognized that.

Comment by Emel 10.01.16 @ 11:07 pm

It still took guts to throw it on third down with that much time left. I think we also tried third down aggressive plays the last two loses without success.

Our pass defense will cost us the rest of the year. I’m afraid more bad is yet to come.

Need to revamp our defense.

Comment by Old Pitt Grad 10.01.16 @ 11:58 pm

“Wurst” pass defense in the entire country. 🙁

A win is a win….is a win….

HAIL TO PITT !

Comment by The Truth 10.02.16 @ 4:44 am

Caprara didn’t play in the second half and with Whitehead on the bench may explain why Marshall ran all over us. It wasn’t just bad pass defense that got them back in the game this time.

UNC and OKST should be in the top 25 next week, what might have been.

Comment by gc 10.02.16 @ 7:59 am

Wasn’t there supposed to be a commitment yesterday?

Comment by zero93 10.02.16 @ 8:23 am

Agree with all the above. ACC announcers we get suck, trying to get our games on any TV outlet or radio station is a wet dream.We need a revamped defense but our total O was looking great with passing,freshmen and young WR’s etc.H2P

Comment by Pitt60 10.02.16 @ 4:08 pm

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